Post #2171336
2026-05-01 07:07 UTC
"140 years ago the state hanged anarchist workers, the majority of them migrants, in Chicago for daring to organize and fight. Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer were killed not for any crime, but for the threat they posed as organizers of a multiracial, internationalist working class capable of shutting down the machinery of capital and state. Through their martyrdom May 1st was remade as May Day, a holiday for the global working class to reflect and recommit ourselves to the struggle for total liberation."
https://www.blackrosefed.org/statement-may-day-2026/
Replies (2)
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@david_preston@mastodon.social 2026-05-01 12:08
@igd_news@kolektiva.social quite something and August Spies is a superb name
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@RustedComputing@discuss.systems 2026-05-01 19:30
@igd_news@kolektiva.social These are the martyrs whose spirits carried 20th century progressivism and whose sacrifice can still be called upon today.